down的意思

基本释义

• adv 向下，下去；在下面

  to or towards a lower place or position

• adj 向下的
• n 软毛，绒毛；[地质] 开阔的高地

  soft hair like a baby’s

• prep 沿着，往下
• v 打倒，击败

  used to say that you strongly oppose a government, leader etc and want them to lose their power

例句

1. David bent down to tie his shoelace.

   戴维弯腰系鞋带。

2. Get down off the table.

   从桌子上下来。

3. Tears were streaming down my face.

   我泪流满面。

短语

• down on 突然意识到
• go down 下降；平静下来；传下去；被接受
• down with 打倒；把…拿下
• ups and downs n. 沉浮；盛衰；高低
• down through 在整个…的时间里

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英英释义

noun 1. (American football) a complete play to advance the football e.g. you have four downs to gain ten yards 2. soft fine feathers Synonym: down feather 3. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) Synonym: pile 4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil verb 1. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing e.g. refine one's style of writing Synonym: polishrefinefine-tune 2. bring down or defeat (an opponent) 3. eat immoderately e.g. Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal Synonym: devourconsumego through 4. drink down entirely e.g. He downed three martinis before dinner She killed a bottle of brandy that night They popped a few beer after work Synonym: toss offpopbolt downbelt downpour downdrink downkill 5. cause to come or go down e.g. The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet Synonym: knock downcut downpush downpull down 6. shoot at and force to come down e.g. the enemy landed several of our aircraft Synonym: shoot downland adj 1. not functioning (temporarily or permanently) e.g. we can't work because the computer is down 2. shut e.g. the shades were down 3. understood perfectly e.g. had his algebra problems down Synonym: down pat(p)mastered 4. being or moving lower in position or less in some value e.g. lay face down the moon is down our team is down by a run down by a pawn the stock market is down today adv 1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position e.g. don't fall down rode the lift up and skied down prices plunged downward Synonym: downwards, downward, downward 2. away from a more central or a more northerly place e.g. was sent down to work at the regional office worked down on the farm came down for the wedding flew down to Florida 3. paid in cash at time of purchase e.g. put ten dollars down on the necklace 4. in an inactive or inoperative state e.g. the factory went down during the strike the computer went down again 5. to a lower intensity e.g. he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black 6. from an earlier time e.g. the story was passed down from father to son

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